March 14, 1901 - Thursday. 
This morning 3 crows flew over cawing. They 
were down quite low. 1 could hear prairie 
horned larks all over. 
March 15, 1901 - Frida y. 
This morning whenTTwas sweeping the walk 
two chicadees flew by me. One was chasing the 
other. . They were male and female. The male lit 
a °ove the other and fluttering his wings gave 
a note like ’tse 'tse ’tse se ’tler’tslup." She 
f lew at him and drove him away. They were 
courting. 
Mar ch 16, 1901 - Saturday. 
This morning' Art Itudy and 1 went down the 
brack hunting for a great horned owl’s nest. 
Trarie horned larks were everywhere on the 
brack, on the road and in the fields. The males 
were very jealous. V/hen one approached too 
aear another it would fly at it and follow it 
through the air. Saw a number of juncoes in 
bhe woodyards. They were singing for the first 
bime this winter. When down nearly to the rail¬ 
road bridge a bluejay gave the alarm note in 
bhe woods across the river. 
Just then a northern shrike flew across in 
front of us and settled in an elm 20 rds. away. 
Ib looked much like a bluejay and had the 
bilting flight of a brown thrasher. Y.e followed, 
fb sat on the top of a small elm with slightly 
raised tail. It looked very alert and held its 
bail slightly lifted. Then it made a sudden 
swoop towards the ground a few rods off and lit 
in another tree. 
Crows were flying over all the time. 
Heard a hairy woodpecker give his rattling 
call. 
Went over across the track in some other woods. 
^ train passed by arid scared up some quail that 
fit near us on the ground and in the trees. 
